Q. If the Liberals won the election and reintroduced WorkChoices or similar laws, how concerned would you be?
| Very concerned | 28% |
| Quite concerned | 17% |
| A little concerned | 20% |
| Not concerned | 24% |
| Don’t know | 11% |
Overall, 45% were very or quite concerned about the reintroduction of WorkChoices or similar laws and 44% either a little or not concerned. 77% of Labor voters were concerned compared to 20% of Liberal/National voters. 50% of full-time workers were very/quite concerned and 39% a little or not concerned.
Q. The Opposition Leader Tony Abbot has indicated he would remove the unfair dismissal laws and he would re-institute AWA Individual contracts. How concerned are you about this?
| Very concerned | Quite concerned | A little concerned | Not concerned | Don’t know | |
| Removal of unfair dismissal rights | 36% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| Re-institution of AWA individual contracts | 27% | 17% | 19% | 23% | 14% |
53% were very/quite concerned about the removal of unfair dismissal rights and 44% very/quite concerned about re-institution of individual contracts. 77% of Labor voters and 24% of Liberal/National voters were concerned about removal of unfair dismissal rights. 70% of Labor voters and 16% of Liberal/National voters were concerned about re-institution of individual contracts. There were no substantial differences across demographic groups.